Rifleman Ernest Crooks - Family Headstone

Rifleman Ernest Crooks is remembered on the headstone of his parent's grave in Wombwell cemetery but his body is buried in France at Cambrin Military Cemetery.

Inscription:
In / Loving memory / Of / Edwin / The beloved husband of / Harriet Crooks /
Of Wombwell / Who died March 30th 1913 / Aged 59 years / Also the above named /
Harriet Crooks / Who died February 21st 1922 / Aged 68 years /
Also Rifleman Ernest Crooks / Son of the above / Killed in action, with the 16th /
Kings Royal Rifles on April 13th / 1916, aged 22 years / Peace, Perfect Peace.//

Headstone location:
Con 11, 1254, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire. S73 8JE. Ernest is not interred within this grave. He is buried in Plot F.10 at Cambrin Military Cemetery, France.

Other memorials that commemorate Ernest Crooks include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Church Lads Brigade Memorial, St. Mary's Church, Wombwell

Service Details:
Rfn. Ernest Crooks, C/564, King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Bn.
Died 12th April 1916, Age 22.

Burial Links:
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Memorial (France)
Other Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LotFWW - Life Story